# Founding Design Engineer at Jinba

- Company: Jinba (YC W26)
- What the company does: Automate enterprise workflows through chat. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://jinba.io
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco / US / CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/jinba/jobs/hKJ7YiB-founding-design-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/jinba-founding-design-engineer/

## About the role

Design engineer who owns the full visual and interactive experience of Jinba's platform. You'll build our design system from the ground up, create motion that makes complex workflows feel intuitive, and ship production code alongside the engineering team. This is a founding design role for someone who wants to shape how enterprise users interact with AI-native software.

## What they're looking for

- Strong product design sense with portfolio showing end-to-end ownership
- Experience building or significantly contributing to a design system
- Motion design ability: you understand timing, easing, and how animation communicates state

Tags: Design